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Belgium by Accident
I’ve been asked several times how much advance travel planning I do for my trips. Typically, I buy two tickets: one outbound and one return. Never do I arrive and depart from the same city as that would require wasted time backtracking. For example, on my first round the world trip, I bought a ticket…
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Why there’s nothing wrong with Scandinavians being cold
Many criticize Scandinavian people for being cold. It’s true, they aren’t dramatic about expressing themselves, but maybe drama isn’t so great. If you think about Star Trek, Mr. Spock is an evolved being who doesn’t exhibit violence because he manages his emotions. I find Scandinavians to be the adults of this world. They are no…
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Tips for making the most of your cruise experience
I recently ended up taking a cruise by accident. I had planned to visit as much of Norway as possible but, after some research, I found it to be a very rugged landscape that would not easily be tackled by train alone. In order to get to many of the places I wanted to visit,…
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Getting around Thailand
I recommend traveling Thailand by train or by plane. Buses may be faster than the train, but your personal movement is more restricted, and you have to deal with traffic when entering and leaving cities. There is a train line that runs all the way from Chiang Mai through Bangkok and down to Malaysia before…
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What’s it like to visit the southern Thai Islands and Peninsula?
Phuket, Pataya, and Hua Hin All of the above are party towns dominated by overage men looking for barely legal women to keep them company. Phuket, in particular, felt like a Las Vegas run by Russian mobsters, and I left after one night. Pataya is not much different, and Hua Hin is a smaller scale…
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What to do in Bangkok
Bangkok is a delightfully bi-polar city. There are fully automated air conditioned sky trains to whisk you from the airport into town or past the giant modern shopping centers, and just around the corner from the centers you’ll find corrugated tin shacks built over sewage channels. It’s not for everyone, but I love that these…
